Newbie Gear Shift Question

[カワサキキド]

How many k's has I done?
It took me a while to get use to my gear box, and I was use to riding dirt bikes, some didn't even have a clutch.
For a smooth change up I need to be either on full throttle or gently cruising, nothing in between. Changing down the bike needs to be in motion, changing into first to fast is always interesting.And if I can't find neutral I move the bike a little.
If I very gently move the lever up from first when I'm moving I can find neutral, but I don't see why you would want to do this. At the lights I flick all the way down to first when I'm moving then into neutral when I've come to a stop.

[Suney]

I was just curious because its very different to what I'm use to (5speed manual of a car)
Thanks guys!

[Aaron]

I was just curious because its very different to what I'm use to (5speed manual of a car)
Thanks guys!

Yah, this caught me out too. Was a little frustrating because I'd need to fully stop, downshift to first then up to neutral at the lights. Being an unco newbie this sometimes left me late off the mark. I discovered the 1/2 tap quite by accident. Again my unco newbie gearshifting resulted in some fairly... slack gear changes, and it was after a few starts at the lights then upshifing into neutral that I finally clicked (bit slow I know).

Bike is now run in and so is my gear changing, positive movements result in no dodgy gear shifts and a light tap from first or second will find neutral comfortably.

Don't remember reading this 'trick' in the manual, but maybe it's SOP for bikes

[Hoon]

I can't change my ZXR400 into neutral while moving (well sometimes I can but it takes a few tries and you have to be VERY light on the lever). Also I have never gotten a false neutral changing from first to second and I clutchless shift 90% of the time too. Neither do I have false neutrals between other gears - if I don't click far enough it just spits it out of gear back into the next lowest gear so yeah must be that fandangled positronic neutered thingy.